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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-24
All Used Up

Strength all gone. Tired out. Overworked.
Feeling mean and naturalization must not
neglect yourself longer. Delays are dangerous
The downward tendency of your system must be
stopped. You need the toning, strengthening
building up properties of Hoods Sarsaparilla to
restore You to health give you an appetite and
make you active, cheerful, and willing to work
Il felt good results from the first dose of Hoods
Sarsaparila It seemed to 60 from my head to
my toes. I know Hoods Sarsaparilla is a good
thing, and on the strength of my own experience
L have sold a great deal of it. G. Fl. STRATToN,
druggist, WestAeld, Mass.
Hoods SarSapariIIa
Sold by all druggists. 81 six for S.. Prepared by
G. L HOOD & CO., Apothecaries Lowell. Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-24
;ASE OF CATARRH WHICH they CAN NOT CURE.

4 Prof. W. HAUsNER, the famous mesmer-
/ tlMTnln kGnxV st of Ithaca ". =. writes Some
4 SHiVLN HeoHi years / suffered untold from
rpnM GArbppU 4 chronic nasal catarrh My family physi-
I FnUM VA Annn clan incurable,
--wz-Uz1R must die My such q bad one
every day. would
could barely speak whisper In the morning cough
clearing throat By the
Sages Remedy, months wei
/ o--- 1 THOMAS J. RUSHING, Esq. 1909 Pine Street.
1 CONSTANTLY ST. Louis Mo-. writes II a great suf-
\ ~"sh' ferer from catarrh for three years.
HAWKING Avn times could hardly breathe, con-
uAn MIMI A"S stantly hawking and splitting, for the
NDITTIue last eight months could breathe through
Jill IIna. the nostris. | thought nothing be
done for Luckily, advised try
DR.. Sage'S CataTrh Remedy, and well I
eve it be the only remedy for caarrh
tred, only it fair experience
astounding results and permanent cure'
THREE BOTTLES ss
CURE CR p s cf sas fe4 s ssed
that it helped her; third bottle
permanent She and
and hearty"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-24

sGfpariOn, Indigestion, Bilious
Attacks, and all arrangements of the
stomach and bowels, are promptly relieved
Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets In ex-
PLANTATION of the remedial power of these
Pellets over so great a variety of diseases,
)e said that their action upon the system is
nd or tissue escaping their sanative influence.
or 25 cents vial. Manufactured at the Chem
WORLDS DIsPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION,
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-02-04
Cracked Corn For Poultry.

The principal reason for cracking corn
is to get it small enough SO that the
chickens can swallow it without inconven-
fence. This is oil very well, provided the
poultry keeper chances to live near mill,
or possesses mill of his own. 1t hap
pens, however, that many cannot procure
cracked corn as often as desirable, yet
have ample facilities for growing corn.
To this class The Poultry World suggests
the growing of corn with naturally very
small kernels. There are varieties of pop
corn which meet the case, and furnish q
fair yield The Dwarf Pearl corn has the
smallest kernels of any variety, and at
the same time affords large sized cars to
a goodly number on the stalk, so that it
Yields well.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-02-04
Advice to Newspaper Contributors.

Write only when you have something to
say and then charge price for your work.
Not the price that you wish to get but that
which the overstocked market is likely to
pay. And, though Maurice Thompson did
say: "The waste basket is the true cradle of
literary art, do not cradle your own work
in your own basket unless you are quite sure
that its i'll success is due to lack of worth
rather than to the fact that you sent it to
the wrong stall. Vegetables won't do for
boutonnieres, remember, any more than roses
will satisfy the pangs of hunger. So send
your farm products to the green grocer's;
your crisp facts to the daily press not to the
magazines. 1t is SO true that ignorance of
the section where readers wait to absorb
just what you are waiting to print consigns
a forceful message from your brain to theirs
to an untimely grave in the waste basket.
Last, if q manuscript is not satisfactory
when completed do not send it out but lay
aside until ono day you pull it out of its
pigeon hole for reperusal. Then to open it
will prove either pretty good thing, or
when you come to your well cooled ideas cs
to a strangers the one thing lacking will BE
at once apprehended and supplied. Make it
worth and claim your wages-or
leave the field for those who are living to
work and working to live.-Trebor Oil in
The Journalist.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-02-04
HIRING FURNISHED HOUSES.
What They Cost In New York During
the Winter Season.


the Winter Season.
No European city has better hotels than
ours and foreign tourists have been long
used to spending time and money In them.
Now they are coming to demand greater
homo comforts, and OF course, at greater
cost; but cost Is about ths last thing to bo
considered when rich man is In search OF
tho pleasures of life and travel. But the GUS
tom of hiring furnished houses in New York
for the winter season Is growing and 1t Is
said by well known real estate agent III
this city that more uptown mansions haze
than over before.
In renting furnished house for from
four to six months In tho winter every
thing is included in the furnishings except
linen, silver plate and flnc china. Delicate
bits of bric-a-brac arc commonly put away
by the owners, because tenants prefer to be
free from the care of them and without re-
sponsibility for their safety. The causes
which bring these fashionable and elegantly
furnished houses into the market for part
Of the year are various. Many New York
families spend their winters in Europe
Sometimes death in the family makes it
desirable to look for rest and change of sur
tiuNSi. Again, w so
developing a fashionable social set in tho
winter, and many New York families repair
thither for the time and let their homo
mansions. In this way they arc relieved OF
the care Of their houses, and the cost of tho
winters travel is reduced, il not, in fact,
quite offset.
Many we'll known New York families Go
themselves live in furnished houses in tho
winter and spend their summers in travel
abroad. 1t costs no more than to maintain
en- establishment all the year round and live
in it, and the arrangement hos many cd
vantages to those who love to roam.
The demand for elegantly furnished
houses in fashionable neighborhoods begins
early in the autumn and lasts until about the
middle of December, the best customers
usually coming at the last because they stay
in the country as late as possible, knowing
that, as they are willing to pay almost any
price, they are sure of getting n house when
they want it. For periods of from four to Six
months rentals range from $500 to 81 900
n month for very elegantly furnished
house, and in the spring the temporary ten
ant has but to pack and store his silver and
linen, and take fight for the country or sea-
side.-New York Sun.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-02-04
Gen. LOgan's Washington House.

The general found his Stone house in q
frightful state of decay. There was scarcely
whole window pane in it. Doors were
broken into slivers and half tho locks were
gore A few thousand dollars would have
made it over into q palace; few hundred
have madc pretty good house of it. There
are no glass partitions by Tiffany; no
carved mahogany stair rails; nor are the
ceilings and walls lincrusta waltonizod.
Mrs. Logan took charge of identifying the
house. For weeks she frequcnted tho sec
ond hand stores, and oven within the last
few weeks these places have heard her care
full, Ct terminating inquiries. The house
abounds in old fashioned Virginia and
MARYLAND furniture A SO sofa is the best
in his house. New Mexico, where Mrs.
Maj. Tucker, the only daughter of the
general and Mrs. Logan, has lived for
several years, has given good deal of the
furnishings of Calumet place. In the hall
hangs a big cowboys hat, which is worth
So an ounce and weighs three-fourths of
pound. Around it hang in festoons bead
embroidered medicine bands, and crossed
under it are two fine painted Indian bows
Navajo blankets of most gorgeous colors are
used as portieres. War relics are strewcd
around in all sorts of places. Swords and
bayonets, cartridge boxes and knapsacks,
haversacks and blankets hang in well de-
signed groups in nearly every room. These
are interesting and decorative, and it does
not take national bank to pay for them.
Washington Letter.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-02-04
Facts Farmers Ought to Know.

A. w. Cheevcr, excellent authority,
saws that one ounce of carbolic ncid dis
solved in five gallons of water and sprayed
upon grape vines when the fruit is small
has been found to check the disease known
as grape rot.
A small dash churn is easily made "
fitting cover and dasher to gallon
crock This will churn two days. cream.
None of our domestic animals furnish
more healthful meat than the sheep.
The agricultural fairs of 1886 showed
more and better horses than ever before.
There is no branch of our improved stock
breeding as progressive and prosperous as
the draft horse interest, nor any one that
is as profitable.
If YOU have few dollars to spare, buy
a small flock of sheep and make them a
pen and yard, and procure good thor
oughbred ram two years old to run with
Che ewes. Keep an account of the cost,
and if everything goes right the money
will be doubled within a twelvemonth.
So says The Rural New Yorker.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-02-04
Stones which Lovers Buy,

'The girls are growing more mercenary
every year" remarked the senior member
of Broadway jewelry firm the other day.
"Why, if the young men only knew-but
then it's none of our business Here comes
another, I'll bet.''
A fair creature enveloped in sealskins and
wearing the jauntiest little bonnet ever
turned out of a milliners hands walked up
to the counter with business like air. Div
ing into her reticule she brought forth a tiny
jewel case containing q diamond.
evil you tell me, sir, what it will cost to
have this duplicated?'
The expert in diamonds looked ct the
young lady severely and inquired if shc de-
sired to have the setting exactly similar.
ION, yes, l must have something the
exact counterpart, " she replied, somewhat
embarrassed.
Examining the stone the jcweler stated
that he could furnish a similar one and set
it for 800.
"Well, declare, thought it would cost
at least $780," exclaimed the fair creature
"Tell me, is this not pure white stone -
mo, madam it is not. 1t is off color and
has not the requisite fire. But it is fair
stone for 800"
After the lady had departed the jeweler
sighed and said that she made the tenth.
"You see,' said he, "nearly every young
man believes it the proper thing to present
his best girl with a diamond. Many of them
cannot afford to pay for gem which is of
the best grade, so they buy stone that is off
color, thinking that the young lady, not
being an expert, will never know the differ
ence But bless you, some are match for
them every time. They shipper and smile
and cxclaim: ooh, how lovely!' but as soon
as convenient they slip around to jewelry
store and find out its true value Now, that
young Lady has no idea of getting a duplicate.
She took that means of sizing up how much
her dear George loved her. We are both
cred to death with such visitors New
York Mail and Express.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-02-04
Charles Francis Adams.

The late Mr.. Charles Francis Adams was
certainly one of the most successful and the
most respected of the representatives that
America has ever sent to ST. James, and he
won his success and the respect of the Eng
fish people at time of peculiar difficulty.
Perhaps the most famous episode in Mr..
Adams career was the occasion when he
wrote to Lord Russell to protest against the
departure from an English port of iron rams
built in the Confederate interest. He wrote
and wrote again warning Lord Russell OF
the imminent departure of the rams. AT
last when they were about to sail he wrote
once more pointing out the fact, and add
ing: ut would be superfluous in me to point
out to your lorlship that this is war;" The
rams did not sail, and the friendship be-
tween England and America was strength
cned by the incident w hitehnll Reyiew.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-02-04
What Might Have Been.

Had Paris seen Helen attempt to shoot a
COW out of the back yard, it is safe to say
that tho Trojan war would never have been
waCed and Homer would have been obliged
to take the Haymarket riot for ON epic.
Had Anthony seen Cleopatra chase street
car down dusty avenue of Cairo, it is safe
to state that he would have fled disen-
chanted back to Octavia, and the divorce
court lawyer-''decree quietly secured; no
publicity never have made cent
from him. Had Dante seen Beatrice fire a
half brick at the vandal hen which pros
pected for seeds in her flower bed every
spring, it is again safe to say that he would
have sent back her notes, her white mouse
pen wiper, the lava smoking set with Merry
Christmas" painted across the stern, and dis
continued that rocky courtship which he SUBJ
seQiently celebrated in poem called 1.-THE
Inferno. Chicago Inter- Ocean.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-02-04
A BARREL HEADER.

The cut presented shows an inexpensive
contrivance in this direction. This header
consists of bar of half inch iron rod, at
one end of which is large loop, while at
the other arc two diverging hooks, which
are adjusted to the lower chime of the
barrel when in use. The bar is bent SO as
to accommodate itself to the curve of the
barrel. One end of short lever is placed
on a block set in position on the head of
the barrel. A strap with stirrup or loop
at one end is fastened to the other end of
the lever. The foot is placed in the STIR
rup, and by this means sufficient weight is
gained to bring the head of the barrel
down in place. The hands being free, the
operator can, of course, readily drive down
the hoop and fasten in the head without
assistance.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-02-04

at least 80 per cent. of water, and when a
large mass of them arc kept together
they are liable to 'sweat," and tho
skins and tops become damp; and II
tic temperature is above freezing they
win throw ont roots and commence to
grow, just ~ they would In the damp
soil, II it Is necessary to keep them In q
large mass, put them in dry place, such
ns a shed or barn; then they will freeze
solid, and stay frozen till wanted in
spring They must be well covered to
keep them from thawing, and you should
avoid putting them in n barn with base
mcnt underneath, where horses, cattle,
sheep or hogs are kept, as the warmth
from the animals might thaw them out.
We have kept them perfectly on the east
side of a north and south wall, where tho
snow drifts several feet high and remains
till spring. They werc simply covered
with cornstalks and leaves.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-02-04
Logan as an Orator.

Gen. Logan never had either the habits or
the tastes of student. He was thoroughly
posted on war topics and political history,
but seldom reading anything except the
newspapers and poetry, of which he was very
fond. Hc could rccite many of the plays of
Shakespeare from memory and tho poems of
Macaulay, with their martial measures were
his favorites in verse. He was fond of Burns,
also and recited his lines frequently. He
was by no means an illiterate man, for he
had good education for the days in which
he lived. and graduated at Kentucky col
lego. His carelessness in speech gave him
tho reputation of being poor grammarian,
but he could have corrected his own manu-
script if he had chosen. Mrs. Logan always
revised his written speeches, not because he
was not able to do it, but because he pre-
ferrcd that she should. Perhaps the best
specimen of his oratory was an address he
delivered at the dedication of the monument
to Gen. Mcpherson in this city in 1878, and
it was really fine production. He wrote
the most of it in pencil while on his way
from Chicago to Washington on the cars,
and after his arrival he shut himself up in
his room all night revising the manuscript.
Mrs. Logan was not with him on this occa-
sion, and she never saw the speech until it
appeared in print.-New York Sun. r.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-02-04
News Items from the Holy Land.

The introduction of soap, it is said, is doing
much to civilize the people of the Holy Land.
A large soap factory has been established on
the site of ancient Shechcm, and the people
are beginning to use it on their persons in
stead of trying to cat it, as they did at first.
Along with the introduction of soap other
reforms are going on. Bethlehem has been
rebuilt, and the streets are lighted with Gas.
Ceseraa is having building boom. Maze
reth is becoming the headquarters of big
olive oil spectators. Corner lots in Joppa
arc going up with rush, and real estct, in
Mount Carmel is largely held by spectators
for an advance All around Shechem there
is lively demand for good soap fat, and the
sleepy inhabitants of Ramoth Gilead think
OF building a glue factory. Jerusalem is
waking UP also 1t has street cleaning
bureau, big clocks on its public Buildings,
and its suburbs are being built up rapidly.
Even in the vale of Gehenna the price OF
land has gone up.-Chicago Herald.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-02-04
Possible Causes Of Discomfort.

It is the little kindness-it is the little
cruelty-that makes and mars all the human
relations It is the personal interest-it is
the personal neglect-ont of which the uni
versal order of disorder grows. Who knows
how far the public discomfort has been fed
by that $40, 600 span with which you drove
past houses from whose windows invalids too
poor to buy the air of heaven watched you
daily? How far will it be affected by the cost
of her toilet, rs reported by the Monday re-
ception, of which the starving wives OF
drowned fishermen will read in the local
paper on Saturday night? How far by tho
washerwoman whom forgot to pay Or
the shop girl to whom you refused the
chance to sit down from dawn to dark? Or
the seamstress whom we underpaid? Or tho
sick clerk to whom we gave no vacation9
Or the tramp to whom we werc surlyf Or
the old fellow selling tissue paper flowers on
whom VIC cast n look of disgust or contempt?
Somewhere the hurrying life has driven
too fast around q corner. Somewhere some
body's rights or sensibilities have been run
over. Somewhere-somewherc there has
come ''the little jolt. Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps in Courier-Journal.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-02-04

The left hand side, No. t. can be worked
up into boots, harness, belts, or for other
purposes with very little waste, while the
right hand side is badly damaged by the
deep cuts toward the middle.
The Leather Review gives the following
instructions for taking off and preserving
the hides: In taking off hide or calf
skin never cut the throat crosswise in the
least. Slit the skin from the brisket to
the TAIL and from the brisket TO the jaw;
then cut around each leg to the hoof.
Slit the hind leg from the hoof up directly
over the gambrel and tho forward legs in
'front.' directly over the knee, to the top OF
the brisket bone This leaves the hide or
skin, then, in the proper shape for finish
ing. Skin the head and legs carefully, to
avoid cutting them; then, commencing at
the head, draw off the skin without
any further use of the knife, thereby
avoiding the holes and cuts that spoil so
many calfskins. Some farmers use a
windlass to draw off the dairy skins and
others use horse; but one or two men
ccn do it great deal more quickly and
easily. When taken off lay the hide or
skin flat Oh the floor in q cool place where
the sun cannot shine upon it, and cover it
with salt, rather fine salt being better
than too coarse salt. Do not roll it up,
but let it remain in the salt until you take
off another; then place that one upon the
other, sailing freely as before, and so on
until you get enough to make quite pile;
Then. commence another pile in the same
manner. Do not be afraid to use salt
freely; what the skins do not require will
shake off and can be used again.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-02-04
CIRCULATION OF PARIS PAPERS.
Their Large PrOfits-Advertising Iteturps'
Newspaper Announcements.

Their Large Profits-Advertising Returps.
Newspaper Announcements.
The Paris newspapers make large profit
ON their circulation-when they have any.
The Petit journal sells for sou, but tho
other dailies are rated ut two and three
sous apiece, and, as mentioned, their COM
position and press work, and tho small
quantity Of paper their editions require are
very cheap. They are, however, under some
expenses of which American newspaper
publishers have no knowledge. In Paris,
for example, every newspaper is distributed
by its own carriers. There is no general
distributing agency and no carrier under
takes to "serve" more than one paper. The
carriers, too, must bear the papers to tho
vendors in the kiosis. All this means delay
and outlay for the publishers.
Nor are the advertising returns to be
compared with those of American or Eng
lish journals The theatres do not adver
tise, the railway companies do not advertise,
and the advertiser generally is a rather
shy bird, except when the newspaper is of
ancient foundation and wide repute On the
other hand, there are daily journals in
which every line is made to pay, and to pay
handsomely. In one of the great dailies,
following an article by the chief editor, one
often happens upon paragraph announc-
ing, for instance, that IN Brown" the
new novel; has reached its fiftieth edition."
The writer adds "This is not at all Won
derful, when one takes into account the re-
markable talent of the author, M. Robin
son." Inquiry at the Librairic Nouvclle
having disclosed the fact that the original
edition of I'M. Brown is still Oh the pub
lishers shelves it is plain that the news
papers announcement is rcclamc, end q
rcclame of this sort is quoted at about 500
francs.
It is almost the rule for local managers
and European impresarii to enter into a con-
tract with two or three of the principal
newspapers for a certain quantity of space,
to be filled by them annually, at stated pc
riods From Is francs to 25 francs line
is demanded for this privilege A year or
two ago one of the leading dailies made
room for a news item announcing the be-
trothal of young American girl to an Ital
ian prince. Although no names were used
the persons referred to could not be mis-
taken. The mother of the maiden advised
the editor that the report was groundless
and asked him to SO proclaim it, This he
refused to do. Then she sent him q letter
with a request that he would print it over
her signature. The editor was willing, but the
letter, he said, must be paid for. 1t APP
peared in print, and so francs line was the
price exacted and paid for it's publication. -
New York Times.